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Federal Job Applicants Can’t Skip ‘Loyalty Question’ 

New essay questions on many federal job applications, asking candidates how they would advance the Trump administration’s policies, are optional, according to the Office of Personnel Management. But new documents submitted in a lawsuit seeking the removal of these...

Engineering Without The Liberal Arts Is A Broken Machine  

This whole-brain approach to engineering is neither emphasized nor practiced nearly enough. Sure, our school, like any school, supports the idea of exploratory education on paper. UConn regularly boasts about their general education program: an overflowing course...

Leadership Macomb Visits Detroit Arsenal

 A group of leaders from throughout Macomb County were introduced to the county’s defense and aerospace industries April 15 with visits to the U.S. Army’s Detroit Arsenal and General Dynamics Land Systems as part of the Leadership Macomb program. The Detroit...

The Tech Industry Is Applying An Uber-Style ‘Gigification’ Model To Nursing

In the late 2000s, surging unemployment during the financial crash gave rise to the gig economy, later supercharged by the emergence of ride-sharing and food-delivery apps. Almost two decades later, gig work is as big as it’s ever been, and is creeping into one of the...
The Future of Work is a Tech (and Management) Challenge

A Corel survey indicates 78% of employees say leadership should do more to boost collaboration, and 27% say their company has invested in the wrong tools for the job. Even Apple must surely now see that the future of work is a technology challenge. Solving that...

54% of People Can’t Disconnect from Work on Vacation

Paid time off (PTO) is meant to be personal time spent away from work responsibilities, while still being compensated, including vacations, sick leave or even mental health days. Though policies like unlimited PTO are becoming more common, most people find it...

How a Great Mentor Changed my Career — and My Life

I landed my first real office job the same year the movie "Office Space" was released and the similarities between the late-90s tech-scene dark comedy and life — my life — were, mmm, uncomfortable. The receptionist with the high-pitched, annoyingly insincere...

Best Practices to Recruit and Retain Veteran Staff

According to the Department of Labor, there are 9.2 million veterans in the American workforce as of 2021, less than 6% of the total workforce. The same data shows that veteran unemployment rates have been consistently lower than non-veteran unemployment rates....

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